Ofsted inspection · 12/11/2024
Overview of St Columba's Catholic Primary School · Primary · Knowsley
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 52% | 7% | 70% | 30% | 63% | 7% | 56% | 7% | 67% | 44% | 103.0 | 100.0 | 99.0 | — | — | — | 18% | 224 |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 4% | 54% | 17% | 63% | 4% | 58% | 13% | 71% | 54% | 102.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 | — | — | — | 13% | 229 |
| 2022/23 | 48% | 7% | 59% | 21% | 66% | 7% | 69% | 21% | 72% | 62% | 103.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 | -2.00 | -1.20 | -0.20 | 15% | 230 |
| 2018/19 | 62% | 8% | 73% | 19% | 73% | 8% | 88% | 19% | 81% | 81% | 104.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 | +1.20 | -0.50 | +2.00 | 19% | 236 |
| 2017/18 | 71% | 5% | 76% | 24% | 71% | 5% | 76% | 19% | 71% | 71% | 104.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 | +1.10 | -0.30 | +0.80 | 20% | 216 |
| 2016/17 | 61% | 7% | 75% | 32% | 68% | 7% | 64% | 14% | 68% | 75% | 106.0 | 104.0 | 109.0 | +5.10 | +1.60 | +2.10 | 25% | 232 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 224 | 21.1 | 18% | 11% | 60% | 9% | 27% |
| 2023/24 | 229 | 20.1 | 13% | 10% | 67% | 8% | 25% |
| 2022/23 | 230 | 21.1 | 15% | 7% | 65% | 8% | 23% |
| 2021/22 | 219 | 20.5 | 20% | 5% | 68% | 8% | 30% |
| 2020/21 | 233 | 27.0 | 10% | 6% | 57% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 236 | 23.3 | 19% | 6% | 60% | 4% | 11% |
| 2017/18 | 216 | 21.6 | 20% | 6% | 59% | 5% | 13% |
| 2016/17 | 232 | 23.1 | 25% | 6% | 60% | 4% | 10% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.